擅 Strokes Write it Listen 擅 shàn to claim, to monopolize; arbitrary HSK 7–9 16 strokes Radical 扌 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from扌meaningshǒuhand亶sounddǎnreal, sincere, true; truth How it works扌 hints at the meaning (hand), and 亶 dǎn hints at the sound.